In the past decade, cybercrimes in India have sharply increased, with women being frequent targets. Key factors include gender inequality, lack of digital literacy, and limited support from families or law enforcement, leading many victims to avoid filing complaints. Awareness is low, leaving women vulnerable. While a cybercrime reporting portal exists, many cases remain unresolved, and even resolved cases are often re-reported within 6-12 months. Effective deterrence requires more reporting and decisive action against perpetrators.
Our Goal
Over the past three years, the Digital Shakti initiative has sensitized over 3,00,000 girls, women, and netizens across India to strengthen their resilience in online spaces. Despite this progress, a significant portion of the female population still needs to be reached. Ensuring women’s safety in cyberspace remains a priority. It is essential to equip them with the skills to navigate the internet securely. Empowering women with digital knowledge is key to helping them benefit fully from technology and online opportunities.
About the Campaign
Campaign Outreach
Digital Shakti
Phase 5
• The Fifth Phase of the Digital Shakti campaign was launched on 5th July 2024 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of Ms Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, NCW, Major Vineet Kumar, Founder and Global President, CyberPeace, Shri Sanjay Seth, Member of Parliament (Loksabha), Ranchi, Jharkhand, Shri S. P. Singh Bhaghel, Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Smt Meenakshi Negi, Member Secretary, NCW, and Smt Sangeeta Kumari Rao, MP in Lok Sabha.
• The event included panel discussions titled “Empowering Women through Cyber Skills: Closing the Gender Gap in Tech and AI” and “Cyber Wellness and Mental Health: Managing the Psychological Impact of Cyber Threats.” Experts from industry, government, and academia convened to explore comprehensive strategies addressing online women's safety, ensuring a holistic approach to enhance safety in the digital realm.
• The event included panel discussions titled “Empowering Women through Cyber Skills: Closing the Gender Gap in Tech and AI” and “Cyber Wellness and Mental Health: Managing the Psychological Impact of Cyber Threats.” Experts from industry, government, and academia convened to explore comprehensive strategies addressing online women's safety, ensuring a holistic approach to enhance safety in the digital realm.
Phase 4
• In line with its commitment to create safe spaces for women and girls online, CyberPeace Foundation, along with National Commission for Women, Meta & Autobot Infosec has launched the fourth phase of Digital Shakti post successful completion of the three phases in the past.
• The campaign is focused on making women digitally skilled and aware to stand up against any cyber harms - illegal/inappropriate activity online.
• The fourth phase of the campaign was launched in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on the 15th of November 2022 by the Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS), Lt Gen BS Raju UYSM, AVSM, YSM.
• The workshops in the fourth phase will be conducted across India in the hybrid mode. The target in the fourth phase of the campaign is to upskill 10,00,000 girls, women and netizens across India.
• The launch was graced by Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, NCW; Major Vineet Kumar, Founder and Global President, CyberPeace Foundation; & Rajiv Aggarwal, Director and Head of Public Policy, Meta India (previously Facebook).
• In 89 sessions (52 in-person and 37 virtual) we have upskilled 1,46,251 girls, women and netizens till date.
• The workshops in the fourth phase will be conducted across India in the hybrid mode. The target in the fourth phase of the campaign is to upskill 10,00,000 girls, women and ne
izens across India.
• The launch was graced by Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, NCW; Major Vineet Kumar, Founder and Global President, CyberPeace Foundation; & Rajiv Aggarwal, Director and Head of Public Policy, Meta India (previously Facebook).
• In 89 sessions (52 in-person and 37 virtual) we have upskilled 1,46,251 girls, women and netizens till date.
• The campaign is focused on making women digitally skilled and aware to stand up against any cyber harms - illegal/inappropriate activity online.
• The fourth phase of the campaign was launched in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on the 15th of November 2022 by the Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS), Lt Gen BS Raju UYSM, AVSM, YSM.
• The workshops in the fourth phase will be conducted across India in the hybrid mode. The target in the fourth phase of the campaign is to upskill 10,00,000 girls, women and netizens across India.
• The launch was graced by Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, NCW; Major Vineet Kumar, Founder and Global President, CyberPeace Foundation; & Rajiv Aggarwal, Director and Head of Public Policy, Meta India (previously Facebook).
• In 89 sessions (52 in-person and 37 virtual) we have upskilled 1,46,251 girls, women and netizens till date.
• The workshops in the fourth phase will be conducted across India in the hybrid mode. The target in the fourth phase of the campaign is to upskill 10,00,000 girls, women and ne
izens across India.
• The launch was graced by Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, NCW; Major Vineet Kumar, Founder and Global President, CyberPeace Foundation; & Rajiv Aggarwal, Director and Head of Public Policy, Meta India (previously Facebook).
• In 89 sessions (52 in-person and 37 virtual) we have upskilled 1,46,251 girls, women and netizens till date.
Phase 3
• The third phase of the campaign was launched in Leh, Ladakh on the 4th of March 2021 by Lieutenant Governor, Shri Radha Krishna Mathur and Shri Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Member of Parliament, Ladakh.
• The workshops in the third phase were conducted across India virtually in association with Rotary Clubs, Housing Welfare Associations, Defense Family Associations, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Apex Educational and non-educational bodies. In the third phase of the campaign more than 200 workshops were conducted virtually, training 1,64,360+ girls, women and netizens across India.
• The first three phases of the campaign have brought to light the potential of the internet and how it can boost our economy as well as greatly add value to the lives of all, if made accessible to every citizen of the world’s second largest population.
• The workshops in the third phase were conducted across India virtually in association with Rotary Clubs, Housing Welfare Associations, Defense Family Associations, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Apex Educational and non-educational bodies. In the third phase of the campaign more than 200 workshops were conducted virtually, training 1,64,360+ girls, women and netizens across India.
• The first three phases of the campaign have brought to light the potential of the internet and how it can boost our economy as well as greatly add value to the lives of all, if made accessible to every citizen of the world’s second largest population.
Phase 2
• The second phase of the campaign took of on 11th February 2020, and despite the the pandemic hitting the globe, the campaign was successfully completed in record time of 12 months, in February 2021. In the second phase of the campaign more than 167 workshops were conducted virtually, training 1,05,000+ girls, women and netizens across India.
• The conversation had started, and we were on the right track, but we still had a long way to go. Online Safety is not a topic that can be mastered in an hour or a day, or even a week.
• With evolving technologies and new threats popping every minute, it is imperative that each netizen is made aware of how they can protect their data as well as their digital identities wheninteracting in cyberspace.
• Hence, taking a step more, CyberPeace Foundation during the second phase of the campaign created a pool of 500 CyberPeace Corps volunteers across India who would now take forward the conversation by undertaking activities that would fit best in their local communities, in styles and language suiting the audience best.
• The next phase focused on many more areas of digital literacy, to promote a responsible and balanced usage of the internet and technology, while being able to make the most of what it has to offer.
• The conversation had started, and we were on the right track, but we still had a long way to go. Online Safety is not a topic that can be mastered in an hour or a day, or even a week.
• With evolving technologies and new threats popping every minute, it is imperative that each netizen is made aware of how they can protect their data as well as their digital identities wheninteracting in cyberspace.
• Hence, taking a step more, CyberPeace Foundation during the second phase of the campaign created a pool of 500 CyberPeace Corps volunteers across India who would now take forward the conversation by undertaking activities that would fit best in their local communities, in styles and language suiting the audience best.
• The next phase focused on many more areas of digital literacy, to promote a responsible and balanced usage of the internet and technology, while being able to make the most of what it has to offer.
Phase 2
• The second phase of the campaign took of on 11th February 2020, and despite the the pandemic hitting the globe, the campaign was successfully completed in record time of 12 months, in February 2021. In the second phase of the campaign more than 167 workshops were conducted virtually, training 1,05,000+ girls, women and netizens across India.
• The conversation had started, and we were on the right track, but we still had a long way to go. Online Safety is not a topic that can be mastered in an hour or a day, or even a week.
• With evolving technologies and new threats popping every minute, it is imperative that each netizen is made aware of how they can protect their data as well as their digital identities wheninteracting in cyberspace.
• Hence, taking a step more, CyberPeace Foundation during the second phase of the campaign created a pool of 500 CyberPeace Corps volunteers across India who would now take forward the conversation by undertaking activities that would fit best in their local communities, in styles and language suiting the audience best.
• The next phase focused on many more areas of digital literacy, to promote a responsible and balanced usage of the internet and technology, while being able to make the most of what it has to offer.
• The conversation had started, and we were on the right track, but we still had a long way to go. Online Safety is not a topic that can be mastered in an hour or a day, or even a week.
• With evolving technologies and new threats popping every minute, it is imperative that each netizen is made aware of how they can protect their data as well as their digital identities wheninteracting in cyberspace.
• Hence, taking a step more, CyberPeace Foundation during the second phase of the campaign created a pool of 500 CyberPeace Corps volunteers across India who would now take forward the conversation by undertaking activities that would fit best in their local communities, in styles and language suiting the audience best.
• The next phase focused on many more areas of digital literacy, to promote a responsible and balanced usage of the internet and technology, while being able to make the most of what it has to offer.
Phase 1
• The Digital Shakti Campaign was launched in Punjab University, Chandigarh on the 18th of June 2018. The event was inaugurated by Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki, Hon’ble Governor of Haryana.
• In the first phase of the campaign CyberPeace Foundation conducted workshops in 8 states of India namely Punjab, Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Manipur with a target of creating awareness among 60,000 girls, women and netizens .
• During these workshops, the trainers came across a few recurring doubts from the audience that include the security of the phones and devices that users have, it has gotten the audience to ponder whether they really are safe when online.
• In the first phase of the campaign CyberPeace Foundation conducted workshops in 8 states of India namely Punjab, Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Manipur with a target of creating awareness among 60,000 girls, women and netizens .
• During these workshops, the trainers came across a few recurring doubts from the audience that include the security of the phones and devices that users have, it has gotten the audience to ponder whether they really are safe when online.
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